Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992 in Mogi das Cruzes), frequently accepted artlessly as Neymar, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Santos and the Brazilian civic football team.

Neymar abutting Santos in 2003 and eventually fabricated his first-team admission six years afterwards age-old 17 on 7 March 2009 in a 2–1 win adjoin Oeste. He fabricated addition actualization the afterward anniversary adjoin Mogi Mirim, during which he denticulate his aboriginal ambition for Santos. On 11 April, in the 2009 Campeonato Paulista semi-final aboriginal leg adjoin Palmeiras, Neymar denticulate the absolute ambition in a 2–1 win at Estádio Vila Belmiro. In the final about Santos suffered a 4–2 accumulated defeat to Corinthians.

On 15 April 2010, Neymar denticulate bristles goals for Santos in an 8–1 acquisition of Guarani in the annular of 16 of the Brazilian Cup. Afterward the 2010 Campeonato Paulista in which Neymar denticulate 14 goals in 19 games, the club were crowned champions afterwards a 5–5 accumulated win over Santo André in the finals. Neymar was afterwards accustomed the accolade for the best amateur in the competition.

Neymar's performances for Santos accept fatigued comparisons to Brazilian idols such as Robinho and Pelé. In June 2010, Santos alone a £12 actor bid from English Premier League aggregation West Ham United for his services. Neymar has additionally admiring absorption from clubs such as Manchester United, Feyenoord, Internazionale, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Juventus, with Real Madrid alike activity so far as to affirmation that they had active a pre-contract acceding with Neymar's agent, Renato Rodrigues, which Santos agilely denied. Afterward this, Santos placed a €30 actor amount tag on the player's head, and angry Neymar bottomward to a new arrangement abiding until December 2014. Neymar himself said he did not anticipate it was time to leave Santos, and that he was absolutely focused on his accepted club, However, Renato Rodrigues insisted that the Santos striker does not appetite to break in his home country of Brazil.

Following Neymar's performances for Brazil's U-17 aggregation at the 2009 U-17 World Cup in which he denticulate a ambition in the aperture bout adjoin Japan above Brazilian football players Pelé and Romário reportedly apprenticed drillmaster Dunga to booty Neymar to the 2010 World Cup. Although the boundless assessment that Neymar adapted a abode in Dunga's band went as far as a 14,000 signature petition, and admitting the huge burden on Dunga to aces Neymar, he was bare from both the band of 23, and the stand-by list. Although Dunga declared Neymar as "extremely talented", he claimed that he had not been activated abundantly on the all-embracing akin to acquire a World Cup atom and he had bootless to affect abundant while on all-embracing duty.

On 26 July 2010, Neymar was called in the band for the Brazil aggregation by new arch drillmaster Mano Menezes for a affable bout adjoin the USA on 10 August 2010. He started the bold and wore the cardinal 11 jersey. He denticulate on his admission afterwards 28 minutes, a attack advancing from an André Santos cantankerous in a 2–0 win for Brazil.

Neymar celebrates a ambition for Brazil adjoin Scotland in March 2011 with Andre Santos and Ramires

On 27 March 2011, he denticulate alert in a 2–0 win adjoin Scotland at the Emirates Stadium. During the bout adjoin Scotland, a assistant was befuddled assimilate the angle afterwards a amends was taken, which Neymar claimed was an act of racism from a Scottish fan. About a German apprentice afterwards accepted to throwing the banana. This led to the Scottish Football Association allurement the Brazilian Football Confederation for an acknowledgment for the accusations fabricated to the Scottish fans.

Atletico Madrid accept agreed to abolish David De Gea to Old Trafford, afterwards accompaniment agrees with the amount of £ 17.8 actor offered Manchester United.Sportsmail deliver De Gea will assurance a five-year arrangement with the Red Devils. He will access at Old Trafford this division to abide final medical tests, and appoint in pre-season tour.20-year-old goalkeeper will ample the abode larboard by Edwin van der Sar.

De Gea has not got a abode in the Spanish civic team, but it absolutely would be a acting for Iker Casillas in the future.Not the aboriginal time De Gea is accounted to be arena at Old Trafford. Back there was account of De Gea attractive for a abode in Manchester, the Spanish columnist as an adumbration kissed goalkeeper absolutely played at Old Trafford.

Finally, back aural De Gea account bureau in London, Spanish columnist already afresh admonition the aforementioned thing. Both newspapers were denied Miguel Angel Gil Marin, Atletico Madrid's arch executive.But in an account with Radio Cadena SER, Gil Marin accepted herself to get bids for De Gea from Manchester United and Chelsea."We appetite De Gea survive, but can not adjudge his future. De Gea appropriate to actuate its future," said Gil Marin.

Alex Ferguson does not appetite to afresh echo the mistakes fabricated back the accident of Peter Schmeichel. At that time, admonition Schmeichel Fergie refuses to anon accompany Edwin van der Sar, and adopt to glance at added players.As a result, Fergie should mutually goalkeeper. Starting from Mark Bosnich, Massimo Taibi, Fabien Barthez, Roy Carroll, Ricardo, and Tim Howard.Fergie De Gea aback purchased for £ 17.8 actor is a 'big gamble'. But it charge be done because statistics appearance De Gea bigger than Manuel Neuer (Schalke), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), and Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax). In football, advance over £ 15 actor for new players membei too risky.

Chelsea midfielder appear it had recruited 17-year-old Brazilian, Lucas Piazon. But the midfielder brought in from Sao Paulo will accompany aboriginal abutting year. Reported by Sky Sports, Chelsea exhausted Italian giants Juventus to get Piazon. Footballer built-in January 20, 1994 it will accept agreed a pre-contract acceding and will be "tied" with a continued continuance contract.

Piazon will be in banal afterwards 18 years at a amount of alleged tranfser account 5.3 actor pounds.

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"Chelsea accept agreed with Sao Paolo FC for the alteration of Lucas Piazon. The amateur has active a pre-contract acceding and will accompany in January 2012 in long-duration contracts,"reads the account on Chelsea's official website. Piazon had never played for the chief aggregation Sao Paulo. However, he looks able afterwards arena accurately back actualization in the South American Championship Age-17 calm with the Brazilian civic team.